CVE-2020-12746

moderate-risk
Published 2020-05-11

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.X), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. Attackers can bypass the Secure Bootloader protection mechanism via a heap-based buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16712 (May 2020).

Do I need to act?

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0.29% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low